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Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)

Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) supports multicast groups spread out across large areas of a company or the Internet. For more information about PIM-SM concepts and terminology, refer to Configuring IP Multicast Routing Protocols.

The 8000 Series switches support the following for PIM-SM:

• RP functionality
• Redundant RP configuration where several RPs can be configured for the same group(s)
• RP load sharing where several RPs can be configured in the same PIM domain
• BSR functionality
• Redundant BSR functionality
• MBR functionality to connect a PIM-SM domain to a DVMRP domain. When you configure an 8000 Series switch with MBR functionality, you can have some interfaces running PIM-SM and other interfaces running DVMRP to interconnect a PIM-SM domain to a DVMRP domain.

• Configuration prerequisites
• Enabling PIM-SM globally
• Enabling static RP
• Enabling PIM-SM on an interface
• Configuring a candidate bootstrap router (C-BSR)
• Configuring VLANs with PIM-SM
• Viewing and editing PIM-SM interface parameters
• Viewing PIM-SM neighbor parameters
• Viewing the RP Set parameters
• Configuring a candidate RP
• Viewing the current bootstrap router (BSR)